What does authorities mean?

Definitions for authorities
au·thor·i·ties

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. government, authorities, regimenoun

    the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit

    "the government reduced taxes"; "the matter was referred to higher authorities"

Wiktionary

  1. authoritiesnoun

    Plural form of authority.

ChatGPT

  1. authorities

    Authorities are individuals, groups, or organizations that hold power or have the right to give orders, make decisions, enforce laws or obligations, and command obedience. They are recognized or considered as being able to provide expert judgement, advice, or knowledge in a particular area. This could include government bodies, religious leaders, police, teachers, among others.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Authorities

    of Authority

Wikidata

  1. Authorities

    This is a list of Authorities from the V science fiction franchise. Known members of the police and military forces on Earth defending or aiding against the Visitor horde are detailed below.

Editors Contribution

  1. authorities

    Plural form of the word authority.

    The relevant housing authorities created a social housing plan.


    Submitted by MaryC on May 1, 2020  

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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'authorities' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #764

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'authorities' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1042

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of authorities in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of authorities in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of authorities in a Sentence

  1. Michael Page:

    Saudi women fleeing their families can face severe violence from relatives, deprivation of liberty, and other serious harm if returned against The Saudi women will, thai authorities should immediately halt any deportation, and either allow her to continue her travel to Australia or permit her to remain in Thailand to seek protection as a refugee.

  2. Kamala Harris:

    Within minutes of realizing this, Dwane Sims called South Carolina Democratic Party to alert them, and the access was turned off by the party authorities.

  3. Denise Scott-McDonald:

    We're [going to] be staring in the face of lots of families presenting themselves to all sorts of local authorities all around this country.

  4. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban:

    There should be a quick decision to create a legal basis and deploy European forces to the border of Greece to enforce European law instead of the Greek authorities.

  5. Gaetan Genel:

    The authorities will now work with migrants to inform them about the potential dangers they could face on the A16, they need to be aware that they are putting their lives in danger.

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